Shirt.



A. REZNICEK.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17,

Patented Sept. 15,1914.

THE NORRJS PETERS CO-. PHOTQ-LlTHO" WASHINGTON, D. C.

ANTON REZNYIGEK, or JEEsEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Application filed November 17, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914..

Serial No. 801,440.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANTON REZNIOEK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shirts having trousers suspending meansconnected thereto and substantially concealed thereby.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of a shirtembodying the invention, attached to a pair of trousers, Fig. 2 is aside-view, the shirt being shown in vertical section, and Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

In the form of embodiment herein shown, the body 10 of the shirt isprovided with two inside front shoulder tabs 21 and 31 dependent fromthe shoulder seams about midway of the length thereof between the neckand the arm scyes and withan inside back tab 29 dependent from the yoke.These tabs are provided respectively with fastening members 20, 30 and28 in the form of buttons. The body of the shirt is provided in itsfront with chest slots 11 and 12 and at its back with a slot 40preferably on a level with the chest slots 11 and 12. These slots arehere called chest slots because they come opposite the chest of thewearer when the shirt is on the body and they are thus distinguished bylocation from slots located opposite or adjacent the waist of the wearerwhere they would interfere with the buttoning of the suspender straps.Front straps 13 and 14 are detachably attached at their upper ends tothe front inside shoulder tabs 21 and 31 at the shoulders and dependdown ward therefrom and a back strap 25 is detachably connected with theback tab 29 just below the neck and depends therefrom. The lowerportions of these straps are folded upward forming loops 15, 16 and 26which are adjustable higher or lower. The means of adjustment showncomprise a series of buttonholes 23 disposed at different heights on thebody of the strap 13, a similar series of buttonholes 33 disposed in thebody of the strap 14 and a similar series of buttonholes 34 disposed inthe body of the strap 25. The opposite ends of the straps 13, 14 and 25are provided respectively with fastening members 22, 32 and 24 in theform of buttons or otherwise, these buttons being severally adapted toengage the buttonholes 23, 33 and 34 of the bodies of said straps afterthe lower portions thereof are folded upward to form the loopsaforesaid. The looped ends 15, 16 and 26 of the straps 13. 14 and 25depend through the chest slots 11, 12 and back slot 40 and are exposedat their lower ends outside the shirt. Suspender ends 17, 18 and 27 arepassed through these outside loops 15, 16 and 26 and their opposite endsare adapted to engage the trousers buttons. In this construction themain; portions of the suspenders are concealed underneath the shirtwhile the suspender ends are exposed in front and are free to slide inthe supporting loops of the straps without interference of the shirtbody with their movements.

The suspender straps are independent of each other and can be readilydetached from the tabs when the shirt is to be sent to the laundry.

Suitable flaps 35, 36 and 37 are attached to the shirt-body immediatelyabove the openings in the same, and extend downwardly over the openings,thereby closing the same to the eye, and also protecting the opening.

It is obvious that in place of buttons and buttonholes as adjustableattaching means, buckles or other devices might be employed, as iswell-known in suspender construction.

The invention is not limited to the specific structure shown, butchanges may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of theinvention as set forth in the claim.

I claim:

, A' shirt having inside front tabs depend ent from the shoulders, aninside back tab dependent from the yoke, two front chest slots disposedvertically below said shoulder tabs, a back slot disposed verticallybelow said back tab, independent adjustable front straps detachablyconnected with said front tabs at the shoulders and provided with loopedends depending through said front chest slots outside the shirt, anindependent adjustable back strap detachably connected with said backtab at the shoulders and having a loop depending through said back slotoutside the shirt, and suspender ends as iny invention, I have signed myname in looped through the loops offsgtid straps outpresence oftwosubscribing Witnesses.

side theshirt body and adapted to enga e V V the trousers buttons; saidchest slots bei ig ANTON REZNICEK' 5 disposed above the conneetion'of thesus- \Vitnesses:

pender ends with the loopsof'said straps; V F. Hose," In testimony thatI claim the foregoing V G. LOWE.

Copies 'of thislpatent may be ob tained i or five ceiic's'i'ea'c'h, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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